Post-Cold War
allegations

In 1991, a Russian journalist claimed, by citing documents from
the Communist Party,
that Cossutta received more than 2 million dollars from Russia, for
propaganda reasons, during the 1980s.[1][2]
Cossutta dismissed these claims though, saying that he "had never
received money from the Soviet Union."[2]

In 1999, Cossutta appeared on a list of alleged Italian KGB spies.[3]
Cossutta has not been convicted.